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both of whom or suffering from nervous prostration. They
have gorte upon a hunting tour together and are to spend
eome weeka In recuperating. Their time will be apetit In the
voods, where they will breathe the orone and where they will
rtcetve the full benefit of the fresh air both by day and
by night.
The room must be perfect In every respect. The light
irust be modulated bo that the white furniture la changed
from a glare Into a dull, soothing tone. And the celling must
be of the right height In ordi.r that the room may not seem
cither too low or too tall. Beside this there must be Jut
the right amount of heating and Just the right amount of
fresh air. It must be artistic and It most be soothing, par
ticularly soothing.
The whole Idea Is based upon a paragraph In a London
paper of some weeka ago. In which a leading tendon society
physician advanced the Idra that h(a patients generally
would be better off physically If they were to pay more at
tention to their color tones.
" Red," said he. In this seml-sclentlflc article, " is too
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HE white rest cure Is fh latest tad of London
& 5k I society, and the results thus far observed by
I I women who have submitted to the exactions
JL I required by the physicians who prescribe it
have been so marvelous that It Is certain soon
to engage the attention of the women of the
United States, If not the world.
Society women In all climes find the duties
Imposed upon them by the stations they occupy so nerve
racking that they are obliged at times to go into retirement
to recuperate. With their nerves shattered and their general
health Impaired, the only cure that could be depended upon
for good results has been complete rest amid congenial sur
roundings. Physicians of the advanced school have Im
proved upon this rest theory, and many find that by the aid
of color, notably whit, the cure of delicate patients has not
only been facilitated but absolutely guaranteed.
The cure mentioned Is really one form of rest cure. The
patient la dressed In spot leas white, and for hours every
day she sits In a white room, resting her eyes and nerves.
This practice continues from day to day until the normal
condition of the patient has been restored.
Two notable women who will take the white cure are
Lady Randolph Churchill and Mrs. Georgs Cornwallls West,
heating. Tt I absolutely Irritating to certain disposition Tt
Is had In summer and It Is worse In winter. Never surround
yourself' with all red. Tellow Is tetter, but It is depressing.
Blue Too Cold a Color.
Blue Is too cold. It Is not a genial color. It is not an
attractive color. It Is dainty and clean. Put It Is never
alluring. It Is a color one admires, but never embraces
' Pink is belter, but It Is not feasible. It Is open. too. to
the same objection as red. Peen In too grent a quantity, It Is
too exciting. A little pink Is warm and good. Hut It Is not
a soothing color for one's nervf.
"The worst nerve color Is Mark. Hlaok Is awful In every
respect where the nerves are concerned. It Is the roior
which one associates with death. It Is the color of mourn'ng.
It la a depressing tone, a shade which Is never to be chosen
I' one Is about the sick or associated with ft nervous person.
Children are particularly susceptible to the Influence of
black, and will cry If a person In this somber garb goes
near them. Hables never can endure black.
" Brown Is a color which sets the nerves) Jumping. A
room all In brown will give a nervous person the toothache.
Oreen is all well, but It Is unbecoming and unsatisfactory.
Half the cases of dullness, followed by a slow headache, can
be traced to a drawing room or boudoir all In green.
"The best color for any woman to chooee Is all white.
Wear It If you can. If you cannot wear it. then furnish your
rooms In white."
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White Has Curative Properties.
This physician, who belongs to one of the new sohools,
goes on to say that he finds white has many curative prop
erties. Patients who are really 111 are often made well by It.
" The nurses In hospitals universally dress In white. Or
If they are not clad In all white, they wear white cap, cuffs,
and apron. Their gowns are so striped with white that
they have the appearance of being all white, and there is a
white finish to everything they put on.
"Physicians In the operating room dress In white. Ir.
LawSon Tate was the first surgeon to discover the beneficial
properties of white. He considered white so cleanly as to be
almost an antiseptic, and for every operation he performed
he put on a clean white robe.
" White Is almost a healing agency, and the pity of It Is
that It Is so easily soiled. Were It not for this Inconvenient
property It would be the ruling color of the world."
Citing various Instances, this physician quotes the case
of . the white summer girl. The girl who is dressed all In
white makes a glnd resting place for the eyes. It makes you
cool to look at her, as you say. But the sight of .red In the
summer time Is positively incendiary.
Wears White Almost Exclusively.
It Is Mrs. Westlnghouse. wife of the brake man, wo
wears white almost exclusively. She Is one of the few society
women who recognise Its restfulness. She wears it day and
evening, and Is seen In It at breakfast parties and In the
ballroom. Said a member of one of her house parties, "I
like to visit Mrs. Westlnghouse, because she entertains her
guests so happily. There is never any trouble at her hoi'se.
All have the happiest time of their lives."
" It is due to her white gowns," said another house
guest. "There is always a restful spot upon which your eyes
can rest."
And so It Is always with white. It is restful. And to be
restful Is one of the most desirable of qualities In this world
Of uneasiness. -
The " white cure," as being tried by London society
women, lies In the selection of white as much as possible.
. woman who is trying It thus describes her efforts, and
tells her experience with white.
" I am taking the white cure," she says. " But It Is
r.ot feasible always to w?ar white. So I dress In colors,
but for a couple of hours a day I get away and spend the
time In solitude In my white room.
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Room and Decorations Are White.
"The room Is ceiilnged with clear white. The walls are
papered In white, with a Japanese design In white Ulles
around the bottom, extending up as high as the chair rail.
These lilies look as though they grew up out of the water.
They are life size, and there are a few flat green leaves, one
of the loveliest and most restful designs you ever saw.
" This room, which I call a Roman room, has a little
fountain in the middle. It stands right In the center of ihe
room, and all around It I have plants growing, ferns and
water lilies and flowers that love the moisture. This water,
which Is clear and cool, Is filtered, and can be usod 'or
drinking purposes. Indeed, It Is a part of my cure tha I
drink plenty of cool water while resting.
" The furniture of this room Is all in white enamel.
It Is of white wood, painted with plain enamel, and It was
neither costly nor difficult to obtain. It la really an Inexpen
sive room, but so unique that one admires It at sight.
" The rest of my whJta room Is not worth mentioning
unless it be the white shades and the Inner blinds, which
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you as being restful before you see that they are white. It
is all Beardsleyesuue, and I can say that I learned the while
from Aubrey Beardsley, who had a white roam long before
1 ever thought of owning one."
Expert Suggestions Concerning Cure.
There are certain suggestions for the white cure which
might be taken by the woman who thinks of trying It. They
are laid down by the London physician who advocates It,
and they are said to be important In the cure.
" When feeling out of sorts, blue, or depressed, put on a
white dress.
" When feeling nervous or fidgety put on a white dress
and hold something white In your hand, a white covered
book or a white handkerchief, or even a white feather fan
" If of a pervous temperament let all your fancy work
be white, and Invariably wear white to the breakfast table.
" Never have brown or yellow about, you except In lim
ited quantities, and do not furnish your boudoir In blue. Lrt
It be white, picked out with pink, or with small trifles In
blue If you will. But never use all blue.
" Have a room that Is white to which you can go and
rest. Keep It for a resting room for yourself and yqjir chil
dren. You will find yourself quieted down as soon as you
enter the room: nnd. If you will give up to the feeling, a
gentle drowsiness will soon steal over you.
" If you are addicted to afternoon nape take them in the
white room. It Is the place of places for little sleeps. Let
white be the color which you will select for yourself when
overtired, overworked, or overagltated. It will soothe you at
once."
And this Is the white cure whloh is Interesting all Lon
don. Do not be afraid to try It It will do you a great
deal of good if you are 111, and, If you are well, It may keep
you In good condition.
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Most Remarkable Eater in the World.
a ANY years ago It occurred to a Wuhinmn
T ff 1 hatter who catered to the choicest trade of the
T 1 I rl(y to keef tne outline maps punched In
AVJL I pieces of stiff nmnllu puut-r by the tlixible
Augers of Iho " conformor." the apparatus
with whlcb the snaps of the hut to be made Is
obtained. He began with Lincoln and the
great msn of his tlms and kept on until he
died. Then bis son continued the collection, and when be
died his son religiously carried on the fad. Thus there has
been gathered a most interesting lino of mementos of su
the presidents from Lincoln to Roosevelt, most of the cabinet
ministers and diplomats of the same period, and an end leas
number of other more or less distinguished men. Science
says the man who wears the biggest hat does not necessarily
possess the highest liilelllgeiict) but tie anatomists keep
light on weighing and comparing weights of human bralus,
and the alienists continue to draw conclusions therefrom. .
Dr. Albert W. Ferris, a prominent New York alienist,
argues that if there Is any basis for believing that the ex
ternal configuration of the skull gives Indication of the de
velopment of the brain It - Is In direct contradiction to
the generally accepted theories In the matter. "To Illus
trate my point," he says. " taks the diagram of President
RoosevtHfs bead, for Instance. We know be la a man of
great Intellectual force and ability, but the conformity of
the bat line would not Indicate this.
"The diagram of Grover Cleveland's head would make
It appear that he was a man whose faculties were all equal
ly developed, that there was a well balanced type of perfect
symmetrical brain development. According to the diagram
of Lincoln, which cannot be taken seriously, the occipital
region of the skull Is less capacious than the average skull,
while the frontal development largtiy exceeds that of the
uveragu iiii.ii."
" John D. Long, ex-secretar of the navy, to proceed on
the some fallacious line of argument, would be classed as a
man of decided combativenees and great vitality, added to
unusual intellectual development. The diagram of the Japa
nese minister's head might be taken to represent that of
Cleveland's skull on a small scale, and hence to represent
an Intellect slmilur to his, but with less force and vitality."
On the other hand, the anatomist's view of the question Is
thus expressed by Dr. Edward A. Spltzka. who made the
postmortem examination of the assassin of President Mc
Kinley. " Some eminent men proficient In music and mathe
matics show In their skulls a great development of the pari
etal region, while men of great oratorical or llngulstio powers
show a corresponding bulging over ths site of speech center.
Tbe skull in sums respects does show brain development la
more than sixty skulls of men of note which have been pre
served and whose Internal iiipuilly has been measured it is
round that large and capacious skulls predominate in number
as compared with any ordinary series."
OL. NEWNHAM DAVIS of London nas tne
CI most marvelous gastronomic record of any man
I In the world.
I Col. Davis has eaten In every land under
the sun. There Is not a country in me woria
he has not visited. From the wilds of India to
the exclusive cafes in London; from hospitable
Japan to the battle ground of the Transvaal
he has paid particular attention to the culinary ability of
each country.
His recordextenc"3 from a $100 per plate dinner In London
to a 10 cent quick lunch in the United States. He has de
voured quadrupeds from a horse down to a fat puppy; prac
tically all the fowl of the air and the fish of the sea have
been on his bill of fare at one time or another. He has even
eaten that hated living thing which Is classed under neither
of these heads the snake. And none has arisen to dispute
his title of the world's most remarkable diner.
When Col. Davis Isn't eating he Is a warrior, a soldier In
the service of the king. In addition to this he writes and
acts as a dramatic critic. His diversified calling has led him
Into most parts of the world, hence his ever changing bill of
fare.
An Expert on Gastronomy.
Cel. Davis talks as an expert now on the subject of gas
tronomy. If there is any peculiar delicacy under the sun he
hasn't tasted, he doesn't know about It. The colonel says his
most remarkable meal was eaten In Japan, the land of flow
ers and the home of fish eaters. It was a fish that played the
most conspicuous part In this strange meal.
" It was In Toklo, I believe," said Col. Davis. " I was
dining with a Japanese family, and almost the first dish
brought on was a queer covered affair. The servant removed
the cover, and lo and behold, a live fish wriggled and flapped
Inside. The fish was brought In In this condition to prove It
was alive.
" It was then killed before my eyes and 1 was expected to
eat part of It the way It was uncooked. I did so, too. It
was of a peculiar taste, but not unpleasant. The fish, It ap
pears. Is of a species commonly eaten In the mikado's king
dom without being cooked owing to its DaJatable taste in Its
raw state.
"The Japanese are wonderful cooks. It Is too bad we
cannot take lessons from them In the preparation of food so
that it will tickle the palate.
"The Japanese have one other dish of a peculiar nature.
It Is a sort of a consomme. It Is an absolutely clear soup
whlcb appears to be merely water, but one taste convinces a
person It has been skillfully made of some kind of meat.
"Next to Japan, China offers the greatest array of mar
velous dishes. Eggs forty and fifty years old, which have
been burled for those periods In a clay, are held to be the
greatest delicacies In the empire. The longer the egg is In
terred the finer It Is supposed to be. The Chinese egg that Is
sent to the table Is almost black and Its flavor reminds one
of an overripe egg that has been hard boiled and then served.
Eats Pig's Liver on Prune:
"I have eateu many disagreeable things In China merely
for the experience, of course. Among th.se were sea slugs,
a sert of oyster, and fattened puppy. The most disagreeable.
however, was a bit, of cold pig's liver wrapped around a
prune. There was no escape for me from eating this, though
I tried to avoid it. My neighbor at the table picked up the
liver and the prune with his chop sticks and held them be
fore my lips. I could do nothing but open my mouth and
allow the combination to be Inserted, because It Is consid
ered a signal honor In the celestial kingdom to have a fellow
guest offer you a dainty morsel In the aforesaid manner.
" The fattened puppy tasted something like a baked suck
ling pig. The puppy Is fed on rice and milk for several
months before It Is killed to be eaten, and the flesh Is tender
and quite palatable.
" In Africa the Transvaal I have lived on trek cattle,
hedgehogs, and other things. I have no reason to complain
of these, however, for I was hungry at the time, and al
though they tasted peculiar I ate them with a relish.
" I have often eaten fried serpent In Africa. This did not
appeal to me, however." It tasted something like an eel of an
Inferior oily sort.
" Roumunia Is the only country where I have tried bear.
The meat of the animal from which I had a steak was much
like the stringy flesh of an ox of questionable age. I believe
the best bear meat Is that from a small species which In
habits Cashmere and which feeds mostly on wild fruit.
"Turkish restaurants were more acceptable than a per
son would be led to believe. I never ate In a private Turkish
family, but while In that country learned the ways of the
people. One of their most noted dishes Js a Joint of Iamb
boiled to shreds and the small pieces eaten with the flnKcrs.
"Horseflesh I have eaten in South Africa, to return to
that country again. It was at Ladysmlth this was served,
because there was nothing else. The flesh of the horse la
unsatisfactory, as It Is sweet and tough. Our men at Lady
smlth became tired of It.
Has Not Eaten Lion's Flesh.
" There is one wild beast I have not partaken of, and
that legion's flesh. I have never beard of this being eaten,
but I should imagine from the nature of the beast the flesh
would be dry and stringy, coupled with a rank taste. The
lion is lacking In fat. I shot several In India, but their bodies
were nothing but hard muscle. It Is the same with the buck
you kill In India and Africa. The animals are destitute of fat.
" Now, having listed all the strange things I have eaten,
I might tell you of some meals In civilised countries. The
most expensive meal I ever ate was in Franco. The hosts
were a couple of African millionaires. They had won heavily
at Monte Carlo and wanted to entertain In proportion with'
their winnings. The dinner was given at the Rouge et Nolr.
They put txindnn hotcla in the shade In elaborateness.
"The decorations were In red and black. The wnlters
wore red shirts aud red ties. The winning number was re
peated all over the table. In the number of wines served, etc.
"Another expensive dinner I attended whs In London.
This was a $HKI plate affair. The decorations were wonder
fully elaborate. Among the novelties presented were dwarf
fiult trees grown so tho fruit could be picked from them at
the dinner.
" I think Monte Carlo is the most expensive place In the
world to dine. One cannot get any kind of a respectable
rreal there for less than 11.1 or l-M. For every glass of old
brandy there you will be asked to pay 2.fM). In Paris there
Is some cognac Uittled before the buttle of Wsterloo which
coniinuiids .j a thimbleful." .